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What's this site all about?
In 2009, while trying to find the cause of my chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, I re-read Breaking the Vicious Cycle (BTVC) by Elaine Gottschall. My first reading had been years before during medical school, when my gastroenterology professor, Dr Steven Sandberg-Lewis, had placed it on the recommended reading list. It explained how bacteria that accumulate in the small intestine eat our food and make by-products that cause symptoms like bloating, pain and diarrhea as well as brain and other symptoms. Never before had I read such a plausible explanation for my symptoms. I felt inspired, but then the next round of exams hit and it got lost in the shuffle.
Things were different when I re-read BTVC. I implemented the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) that the book recommended with incredible results, and now, with focus to devote to it, I plunged into understanding all that I could about what Gottschall had discussed.
A few months after re-discovering BTVC, I ran into Dr Sandberg-Lewis at a lecture. During research for his book, Functional Gastroenterology, he came across the condition and term, "Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth" (SIBO). It seemed to us to be the very same condition Gottschall had described. In fact it was. It turned out the international gastroenterology community had been doing vigorous research on this very topic since the late 1990s, discovering incredible details about the causes, mechanisms and treatments. During the process, the name SIBO had stuck.
Since then, I have devoted myself to the study and treatment of SIBO. Thankfully, Dr Mark Pimentel, one of the pioneers of SIBO research, shared his extensive knowledge on the subject in his book, A New IBS Solution. I think we need more of this. I developed this site in 2010 (there were no online resources then) to answer the questions of fellow doctors as well as anyone interested in SIBO.
My mission is to share information and news about SIBO to empower people in their health. I look forward to publishing the full efforts of my research in a comprehensive book on SIBO, which will integrate the dietary treatment with all the scientific research, both old and new.
Things were different when I re-read BTVC. I implemented the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) that the book recommended with incredible results, and now, with focus to devote to it, I plunged into understanding all that I could about what Gottschall had discussed.
A few months after re-discovering BTVC, I ran into Dr Sandberg-Lewis at a lecture. During research for his book, Functional Gastroenterology, he came across the condition and term, "Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth" (SIBO). It seemed to us to be the very same condition Gottschall had described. In fact it was. It turned out the international gastroenterology community had been doing vigorous research on this very topic since the late 1990s, discovering incredible details about the causes, mechanisms and treatments. During the process, the name SIBO had stuck.
Since then, I have devoted myself to the study and treatment of SIBO. Thankfully, Dr Mark Pimentel, one of the pioneers of SIBO research, shared his extensive knowledge on the subject in his book, A New IBS Solution. I think we need more of this. I developed this site in 2010 (there were no online resources then) to answer the questions of fellow doctors as well as anyone interested in SIBO.
My mission is to share information and news about SIBO to empower people in their health. I look forward to publishing the full efforts of my research in a comprehensive book on SIBO, which will integrate the dietary treatment with all the scientific research, both old and new.